![]() The distinctive tins in which Altoids mints are packaged are often reused for other purposes. As before, each tin contains 1.2 oz (34g), or about 50 mints. The re-branded mints were released in only Peppermint, Wintergreen, and Strawberry, doing away with the wider varieties of Eclipse such as Cinnamon, Winterfrost and several other flavors, as well as the chewables. In 2014, Eclipse Mints, another Wrigley product, were re-branded as Altoids Arctic, with the tin remaining identical save for labelling. In 2003, breath strips in peppermint and cinnamon flavours were introduced. The gum has not been seen in stock in US stores since January 2010 and has been discontinued. Flavours include peppermint, cinnamon, spearmint, wintergreen and two sour flavours, cherry and apple. The sugar-free chewing gum, introduced in 2003, was made in the United States. Limited edition passion fruit sours were also released around Valentine's Day in 2005 in a larger 2.3 oz tin instead of the standard 1.76 oz sours tins that had been released up until then. Flavours included raspberry, citrus, apple, tangerine, and mango. Sour hard sweets in round tins were introduced in 2004 but were discontinued in 2010 due to low sales. Altoid mints other than those labelled "sugar-free smalls" contain gelatin. Circa early 2011, Altoids altered the ingredients of their Wintergreen mints, adding blue food colouring. Also historically made but no longer available were liquorice, cool honey, and (non-chocolate dipped) ginger and crème de menthe varieties. ![]() The chocolate-dipped varieties were discontinued in 2010. In 2007, dark chocolate-dipped mints were introduced in three flavours: peppermint, cinnamon and ginger and in 2008, dark chocolate-dipped mints were introduced in crème de menthe. "Sugar-Free Smalls", tiny square mints sweetened with sorbitol and sucralose, are also available in peppermint, wintergreen, and cinnamon. They were marketed for a brief period in the 1990s under the "Nuttall's" brand when Callard and Bowser was under the ownership of Terry's.Īltoids mints are currently available in five flavours: peppermint, wintergreen, spearmint, cinnamon and Arctic strawberry. Callard & Bowser-Suchard once manufactured Altoids at a plant in Bridgend, Wales, but has since moved production to a Mars Wrigley plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States, in order to manufacture the products closer to where they are primarily marketed. Unlike their marketing in the US, Altoids have never been heavily marketed in the UK. Marks & Spencer produces a near identical product called "Curiously Strong Mints". Altoids are less widely available in the United Kingdom, their country of origin, than in the US.
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